Like all skill capes, the Woodcutting cape gives +9 to all defensive stats, and also a +4 bonus to prayer if it is trimmed, which requires a separate skill at level 99. The cape is automatically trimmed if this condition is met.

When a woodcutting cape is equipped, players will have an additional 10% chance of a bird nest falling while chopping trees.

It should be noted that boosting past 99 woodcutting does not have an effect on the speed at which players receives logs.[1] Therefore the +1 boost a player gains when equipping the skillcape as well as any other boosts such as the Infernal/Dragon axe special attack aren't necessary when woodcutting.

As of 1 September 2018, there are 29,545 current members that have achieved level 99 in Woodcutting.